Richard S has a great appreciation of self deprecating humor. Which is why he does silly things.
Being able to criticize each other and crack jokes about each other is essential to open source and it helps to build community. We can criticize and crack jokes at each others expense because we learn to trust each other. That's how you build real community.
When people are two afraid to criticize each other or crack jokes about each other then you really can not have a healthy community where people have a true respect and admiration for one another. And you certainly can not build a community that has to have critique about code quality, architecture and so forth to sustain itself.
Being able to criticize each other and crack jokes about each other is essential to open source and it helps to build community. We can criticize and crack jokes at each others expense because we learn to trust each other. That's how you build real community.
When people are two afraid to criticize each other or crack jokes about each other then you really can not have a healthy community where people have a true respect and admiration for one another. And you certainly can not build a community that has to have critique about code quality, architecture and so forth to sustain itself.